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join:2003-09-06
Orlando, FL | Great Response That response was one of the best I have ever read | |
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My other vehicle is a TARDIS
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join:2000-09-05
Dallas, TX | Re: Great Response ROFL, that response was hilarious, especially that last
part about retractable batons. I won't repeat it all here
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| Megladon13
join:2003-09-05
Minneapolis, MN
| Funny, for hundreds of years (atleast 2) people have wanted to come to america for its freedom and a better chance at live. Now americans are reading this post and saying, "I wanna get the fuck out of this stupid country so i can say shit like that too!" | |
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| thefett
join:2001-02-05
Auburn, NY | OMG that was beautiful..
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| SilentMan
join:2002-07-15
New York, NY | Wow!!! Bravo!!! that's the way to respond to these idiots! | |
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join:2002-02-24
Cambridge, MA
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| Hah That's a pretty funny response. I have to wonder though, is it really legal to host copyrighted movies in Sweden, as they say in the response? I can't imagine that it's legal, so it looks like "The Pirate Bay" is setting themselves up for some real legal trouble by responding and getting the lawyers' attention.
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join:2003-07-03
Jamaica Plain, MA | Re: Hah My guess is it's illegal for whoever is doing the posting, but the ISP, as a neutral content provider, could probably not be held liable. | |
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JakCrow
join:2001-12-06
Palo Alto, CA | Yes, but a torrent tracker just catalogs what's floating around in bit torrent shares. I wonder if there's any kind of "facilitating piracy" law in Sweden. Probably not. | |
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join:2003-12-04
Banks, OR
| Re: Hah said by JakCrow  :
Yes, but a torrent tracker just catalogs what's floating around in bit torrent shares. I wonder if there's any kind of "facilitating piracy" law in Sweden. Probably not.
In spite of the efforts of the RIAA/MPAA, "piracy" is not legal term, it's just something they adopted to make it sound sinister.
"Contributory infringment" or "infringement by inducement" is more like it. And yea, since Sweden is a signatory to the Berne Convention and recognizes copyrights, I wouldn't be surprised if it violated some Swedish law, who knows. They don't have to worry about the DMCA, but the "morons" remark may not have been the wisest thing to do, lest it encourage you-know-who to hire a swedish legal firm and look into making trouble for these guys. Kinda smacks of immaturity, if you ask me. And I bet that particular choice of lagnuage was not chosen with the approval of their lawyers. | |
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join:2001-10-04
Wayne, PA
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| Sweden has some pretty tough laws.
It's just that they are virtually unenforceable.
IIRC You basically have to admit to hosting/downloading the file in order to be charged. The police can hold you for questioning for a reasonable time but short of admitting your guilt that's all they can do.
This was a couple of years ago. I don't know if things changed. I have some very good friends who are Swedes.
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join:2002-01-03
Schererville, IN
| That might not last for long. If france succeeds in forcing ebay to remove all nazi relate stuff from their auctions because of their laws, then this is going to end up going both ways. Sweden will have to shut them down just because people in the US can access their site. I don't know about you, but I don't want other countries laws affecting people in america, and american laws affecting other countries. Eventually a stupid little country is going to pass some crazy law and will want the world to follow it. | |
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montana3087
Say hello to my little friend
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join:2001-05-03
Santa Clara, CA
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1 edit | Re: That might not last for long. That is not correct it would be for eBay France only, not the rest of their sites around the world. French law is not enforcible outside French territory. That was the point of the response letter. This why China filters the Internet in their country. | |
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join:2002-01-08
Scarborough, ON
| France Really didn't force e-bay to change it was ruled that material was illegal in France and if e-bay didn't remove the material that France would block all French nationals access to e-bay as a whole it was entirely ebays choice wether or not to remove the content | |
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footballdude
join:2002-08-13
Imperial, MO
| said by insomniac84 :
I don't know about you, but I don't want other countries laws affecting people in america, and american laws affecting other countries.
Unfortunately, the Supreme Court has already started citing other countries' laws and customs as a basis for their rulings. | |
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| www.thepiratebay.org »www.thepiratebay.org
Wow what a great site!
I should move to Sweden!
They have extremely fast broadband and reasonable laws 
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| Re: www.thepiratebay.org I'd would pay more taxes for those benefits. At least my money would not be used for a military aggression
Sweden is neutral AFAIK
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footballdude
join:2002-08-13
Imperial, MO
| Re: www.thepiratebay.org said by Anonymous :
I'd would pay more taxes for those benefits. At least my money would not be used for a military aggression
Sweden is neutral AFAIK
And what exactly would the Swedes do if someone decided to kick their door in and take over their country? Beg and plead for military aggression. | |
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footballdude
join:2002-08-13
Imperial, MO
| Re: www.thepiratebay.org said by Anonymous :
I don't get it. What's your point ?
You want to say that Iraq was attacking the US ? 
Damn straight. They were shooting at our planes in the no-fly zone. They also were in violation of the cease-fire agreement from the first Gulf War.
That wasn't my point, though. Anon43 seemed to be against any military aggression. The world is ruled by military aggression and will be long after we're all dead and gone. | |
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join:2003-10-18
Boise, ID
clubs: | Rock OnMan this part kicks ass
It is the opinion of us and our lawyers that you are fucking morons, and
that you should please go sodomize yourself with retractable batons.
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join:2003-06-05
Saint Albans, VT | Re: The lawyers aren't as stupid as you may think Oh christ I loved that. | |
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Ours Go To Eleven
join:2000-12-14
DamnFlat, OH
clubs: | They would probably LIKE getting sued for their enforcement of Dreamwork's "rights" under the DMCA in Sweden.....MORE BILLABLE HOURS!
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join:2004-07-05
Sahuarita, AZ
·Cox HSI
1 edit | lmfao omfg
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Unless you figured it out by now, US law does not apply here. For your information, no Swedish law is being violated.
Please be assured that any further contact with us, regardless of medium, will result in
a) a suit being filed for harassment
b) a formal complaint lodged with the bar of your legal counsel, for sending frivolous legal threats.
It is the opinion of us and our lawyers that you are fucking morons, and that you should please go sodomize yourself with retractable batons.
Please also note that your e-mail and letter will be published in full on »www.thepiratebay.org.
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Amen to that....
That is the best thing I have read to date yet...
I guess that Dreamworks's group of lawyers are now trying to figure out
"Why Sweden is outside the united states?? When did this happen??"
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that shit is good now if only we could say that to our local goverments here
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It'd be too funny if tomorrow we saw on TV... "and in other news, DMCA enforcement lawyers were told to go screw themselves due to them being retarded and not knowing that Sweden is indeed, outside of the US". | |
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Stop All The Downloadin
join:2003-08-20
New York, NY | hahah That response was hillarious. | |
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join:2004-02-22
Okemos, MI |  .............. OMFG LMAO
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hrobins
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join:2000-10-15
Regina, SK
clubs: | This is so funny I love it the way they replied back to the lawyers! I fell out my chair laughing. | |
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| RavenTKR
join:2003-05-12
Cleveland, OH
| Re: This is so funny It would be better if one of the many law firms representing the RIAA/MPAA would send some of these nasty lawyer grams to someone in Russia, and then that someone would be connected to the Russian mafia and pretty pissed off. I wonder why the MPAA has not targeted Russia/Eastern Europe with their DMCA notices yet.
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GadgetsRme
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kabhal
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join:2002-02-05
Oklahoma City, OK | Hilarious! Hah ha ahhh.. too funny.  I especially liked looking at the actual scanned images of the postal mail at piratebay.org. | |
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rabidweasle
join:2002-08-02 | i live in the US and, LOL!!! W00T nice one. Awsome reply. The part about the baton is priceless. I wish we here in the US could shrug off the DMCA like that. I think I want to move. | |
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join:2000-11-21
Peoria, IL
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| Re: i live in the US and, said by Tzale :
I am seriously considering that myself. Canada is a good alternative to Europe. It's a peaceful country, your pretty safe from lawsuits for downloading, speak English and are right across the border.
-Tzale
It's the Internet, people. You don't have to move, you just need access to a computer in Sweden/Canada/wherever. (Hint, rent web-space somewhere.) You do your DCMA-questionable downloading there. Once you get it to the foreign-soil server, you ship it to the US, inside an encrypted pipe. | |
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join:2000-07-23
Roanoke, TX
clubs: | haha My heritage is Swedish and I couldn't be prouder of that than right now hahaha! | |
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hqh51
join:2001-03-24
Manassas, VA | cool Man, that is one awesome response. Flame those retarded lawyers away for sending a letter that has little to no effect at all. Hahahahahahaha. | |
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hedyd4u
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join:2003-12-16
Schenectady, NY | Too Funny Laughed so hard I not tired anymore, my sides hurt though. | |
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vortex91
join:2000-08-18
Glendale, CA | beyond funny well i type lol or lmao but never have i literally laughed so hard and fell out of my chair. This was the funnies shit i have ever read period. GO SWEEDEN!!!! | |
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